tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post8216070457992734899..comments2024-01-22T03:02:52.051-08:00Comments on California Greening: Atlanta Test Cheating Kills the Canary in the MineWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15684763427526399228noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-23457114729645692362011-07-12T11:08:50.533-07:002011-07-12T11:08:50.533-07:00Martin, you know I agree 100% with your summary of...Martin, you know I agree 100% with your summary of the mission of the urban Greens. In this regard you and I are just a couple of old comrades haggling over strategy and tactics. <br /><br />A few years ago, the Black Commentator published an explosive article on the myth of Atlanta as the Great Black Promised Land. Part of the problem, of course, is that Atlanta is a world-class city in the middle of a wasteland otherwise known as the State of Georgia. Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Oakland have no such excuse.Alex Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04961960096136588924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-88583785166660253392011-07-09T09:56:04.624-07:002011-07-09T09:56:04.624-07:00Alex, see first comment in that story and you see ...Alex, see first comment in that story and you see my own thoughts.Martin Zehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14053061645306474569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-79070898574533999442011-07-09T09:53:27.703-07:002011-07-09T09:53:27.703-07:00I pick up on things from sources I trust and sound...I pick up on things from sources I trust and sound like they make sense. I do not trust either the policy or the politics of progressive analyses. It is better for you to provide a critical analysis rather than bait me. Sometimes I am just being provocative, but other times it is because it make more sense in the real world. Progressive is not "good for the poor", it is a replacement for real politics led by working people. Urban Green politics needs to start from a premise that our first obligation is to break the Democratic Urban Machine. We need to establish a two party system with Greens being the second party.Martin Zehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14053061645306474569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-81146331281904685472011-07-09T08:25:28.842-07:002011-07-09T08:25:28.842-07:00City Journal "Buffalo’s Parent Revolt" =...City Journal "Buffalo’s Parent Revolt" = Western New York Republican Party Machine union-busting, dump-on-the-poor agenda. <br /><br />There you go again, Martin... <br /><br />Can you not think of even one education "reform" that has not been vetted by the Republican Party propaganda factory?Alex Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04961960096136588924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-9323978839853433642011-07-08T18:24:03.469-07:002011-07-08T18:24:03.469-07:00Here is a public policy option:
http://www.city-...Here is a public policy option: <br />http://www.city-journal.org/2011/eon0708bb.htmlMartin Zehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14053061645306474569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-32712547120704604362011-07-08T17:48:40.601-07:002011-07-08T17:48:40.601-07:00That comes down to answering the question yourself...That comes down to answering the question yourself. What can you do to get young people to value the importance of education? How can you help the schools? What can you do in the Boys and Girls Clubs? As adults we have not projected our concerns for our young people's education. We have not worked with them and supported them in the face of the thousand and one obstacles that stand in the way of them learning to value education in their lives. We have let them off easy instead of expecting them to maximize their potential.<br /><br />When we cheat for students we presume that they are not capable of better and we continue to deny what is obvious to all. If you ever scored these tests you would be shocked. See http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us/summary.aspx?year=2009-10Martin Zehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14053061645306474569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-72478113943924286562011-07-08T14:05:49.436-07:002011-07-08T14:05:49.436-07:00You say we should "get to work on what we all...You say we should "get to work on what we all know needs to be done," but it's not self evident to me what that is. What specific things would you propose to improve education in this country?michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09812806517835177897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-3658488812843878232011-07-08T13:50:14.610-07:002011-07-08T13:50:14.610-07:00Well, Martin, this is quite a statement and very w...Well, Martin, this is quite a statement and very well done. I really would like to see what some of our Green activists think about this matter. <br /><br />Liberals cry: "Education! Education! End the war! Spend money on Education!" as the fix for nearly every problem (which is one reason the public school "TODO List" became overloaded in the first place). America spends a lot on education like it spends a lot on health care, we rarely hear what is to do be done.Alex Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04961960096136588924noreply@blogger.com